Maida Heatter

Maida Heatter is a pastry chef and cookbook author who influenced the way in which Americans prepare desserts.^{[according to whom?]} The daughter of the famous radio commentator Gabriel Heatter, Maida Heatter graduated from New York's Pratt Institute in fashion design and began a career as a illustrator of merchandising, then subsequently switching to jewellery design, and then finally becoming a baker and baking instructor.^[1]

Her career as a professional cookbook author began when her skills in dessert making caught the attention of Craig Claiborne a former food section editor of the New York Times.^[1] In part through his numerous endorsements for her ^[2] and his suggestion to her in writing her own cookbook, Maida Heatter began her decades long career in teaching baking and writing cookbooks.^[1]

The quality of her recipes caught the attention of many prominent figures in the trade of cooking and baking^[1], garnering praise from numerous celebrity and media sources.^[3] Maida Heatter's cookbooks have been the recipient of three James Beard Foundation Awards, and she herself has been inducted into the Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America in 1988. She has also been inducted into the Chocolatier Magazine Hall of Fame.^[4]

Awards

• James Beard Foundation Awards^[5]
  • 1998 Cookbook Hall of Fame "Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts"
  • 1988 Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America
  • 1981 Single Subject Book "MAIDA HEATTERS BOOK OF GREAT CHOCOLATE DESSERTS"
  • 1978 Speciaty Book "MAIDA HEATTERS BOOK OF GREAT COOKIES"

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Hobart, Christy, The Queen of Cake, Saveur, http://www.saveur.com/article.jsp?ID=4291&typeID=100 
2. ^ Hesser, Amanda (11-03-2009), 1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/magazine/15food-t-000.html?_r=2&ref=magazine 
3. ^ The Maida Heatter Classic Library, Cader Books, http://www.caderbooks.com/maida.html 
4. ^ Maida Heatter's Biography, starchefs.com, http://www.starchefs.com/features/women/html/bio_heatter.shtml 
5. ^ JBF Awards, James Beard Foundation, http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_past_award 

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